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J J. ' t. j K r . e aW&tmi i$f(J. 87. VOL. CARTHAGE, JASPER COUNTY . MISSOURI, AUGUST: 29, 1867. The CartMge Banner. rcMJsnED ivcsr tuxmiut. " nr Tiiow.is M. garlaxd. TERMS": XVfO DOLiAKS .A. "VE-A.lt. IirVAKIABLT IS ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES-One square (too Hues) one Insertion... 5 1 00 W 0 00 3 00 3 00 3 00 1 00 20 Orders of Publication, 4 squares or forty lines brevier-....-.- Administrator's Notiecs... - Final Settlement Xotlces...... Single Stray Xoticcs...... ...... i-.JZ, ..iiittfnnsl animal In same noure- Editoriri and Special Notices, pec line- One column, oncjuar... Half column, one year..... Fourth colnmn. one year...... One column, sis months.....-.... Half column, fix months..... Fourth column, fix mouth. One colnmn, three months tT.ir.iiitmt-1 hive mouths.......... 100 00 50 00 1 30 00 CO 00 50 CO! 23 00 40 oo; UTi 00 r.Mirtlimlnmn. three months........... 30 00 t&- Transient advcrti'cmcnU, in all cases, to be paid for hindrance. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. u c Jt'onncon. james aeuso.n. M'GREG-OR. ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT-LAW, General Collecting and Real Estate Agents, Carthace, Jasper Countv, Mo. Oma-North ride Public Square. o. 8. lTrcnnt. . a. camkuon. PITCHSR &: CAMERON, Attorneys aiifl. Comiselors at Law, CinTIIAOB, MO. (OSce in Conrt Houc.) n32 i. r. vmrEitr.. w. h. rncLrs. WHEELER &; PHELPS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Cart hn gc, Mo. ria-iy SATHAN BRIT, I T- CCSXISOIUM, Mt. Vernon, Mo. Carthage, ilo. BRJ.T & CCXXIXCIIAM. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Carthace, Jasper Cotmty,Mi8Muri. COLLECTIONS made speedily, and par-ticular attention paid to real estate Iteration. Lands of every description and ia any quantity tor sale. a!3 nlSly B. r. GAztcuox. - D' ossat. HAimisox & onxEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Carthace Mo. WILL practice in the Courts of tlin 13th -Tii.HHxl tMrcuit: Bavnon-resident taxes, hivejtiirate tides, and attend to conveyancinf; mJ all other lezal business. General collect- isg upents. mar30 nlG SATHAX HBAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TSTt. Vernon, lo.. WILL attend personally the Courts or stnnn I!ixt. Mc Donald . N enton . as- liirinn. Dade. Iiwrence and Green comities, 31o. Have for sale 20000 Acres of Good Farming and Mineral Lands in Southwest Ho. Refer to all prominent business men -In W. J. CAMEROX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AGENT, Carthage, Mo. aec3n2 JOSEPH OESXESs, AtoBj ana Counselor at Law, Mt. Vernon, Iawrencc Co.. Mo. "VVriLL practice in Stone, Barry, Me.Don-VV aid, 'cwton, Jdspcr, Itartou, Dade, and Lawrence counties. tgr In vacation cf Courts all letters on business should be aililrcsf etl to Joseph Kstes, Wt. Vcmon, Jlo. feb2 nS JAMES r. WILSON. M. D., OIUw at Iteidcnce, c25 3m. Cnirtlmtre. TVIo. DR. J. A. CARTEK, Physician and Surgeon, CARTHAGE, MO., "ITflLL attend to oenxbal rRACncr: in Jas- 1 1 per scecerv in aitjommK counucs Urncs: xj siae auuuc oijuajc above Corn's store. n23tf DR. J. P. CUXMJTGHAM, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, CARTHAGE, MO., f FFF.RS his nrofefsional seniccs to the J citizens of Carthage and iciriity . Particular attention paid to the discasesof fe- xaaies anu cmiuren. &'junui.i-DR. AMOS II. CAFFEE, (LATE SUKGEON C. S. AEilY,) PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Examining Surgeon for the Pension Bureau, CARTHAGE, - - MISSOURI. Office at the Drug Store. nl ly DR D. P. MOSS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, eevts 2Uixs socniEAJr CARTHAGE, MO. B7n2S JONES. TTM. 310KSOW. joxes &. .nonnon, BRICKLAYERS & PLASTEREHS, T) ESPECTF U LL Y Inform the citizens of jm i,irtnge and eurrounuinfr country, that 'her areprepared to carry on the abovebasl-"W- Charges reasonable. Particular attention paid to Cistern Building. GA8TOX X REYNOLDS, CARPENTERS and JOINERS, carthage; jasper co., mo. sf .Prepared lo do all' kinds of work in 2isouri " Cartnijre, Japer county, rJ"!.M.,!DUlTLAPf PRACTICAL M5URYEY0R, Carthace, Bia., T3ESPECTFULX.V tenders iU;ervioes to JLVaU -wisliinz to purchase homed, in the gardee of the South west; U familiar .with, the quality, location, ami counuanes ut uic Uiii oi juper. county. ' o C. L. KEAr.DJLEY. UKAItDSLEY U STEPP. ARCHITECTS HE' BUILDERS Carthage, Mo., - " WILL attend to all business In tlielr line, such as nuking dralls, fprciik-atkw. and contracting for the erection of buildings Job "Work of all kinds executed -with neatness and dispatch. n35 DR. V. I. SHARP, MecMcal ai OperatiYB Dentist, (ifooms above Sweet &Co. 's Drug Store,) Grauby, Mo., OFFERS ids services to the people of the Southwest. Teeth filled ortiliired with J Gold, Silver, or Tinfoil, and inserted singly or in sew, according to me mot approved svsteras. BaT Will be In Carthage on tiro 23d of September, and remain one week. n22 tf Good IVisrlit. Tlie Louisville Democrat quotes from school cirl's paper, the following poem. which was WTittcn by a girl thirteen years out. Gooil night! A word so often raid, The hralless mind forgets its meaning; 'TIs only when some heart lirs ilead On which our own was leaning, Vo hear in maddening music roll Thatlat good night along the soul. Goodnight! In tone? that never die. It peals along the quickening ear, And tender fares of memory, Forever waft it near: When stilled the voiceOh, crash of pain mat ne'er cnau oreauie good nignt again Goodnight! It mocks us from the grave It calls trom out the ground From which there Hows no backwardwave: On every side, around, above. Good night, good night to life and love. Good night! Oh, wherefore fades away The light that lived In that dear word? Why follows that good night no day? why are m- souls so stirred? Oh, rattier lay, dull brain, once more Good night: thy time of toil Is o'er. Goodnight! Xow cometh gentle sletp, And tears that fall like welcome rain; Good night! Oh, holy, blest and deep, The rest tat follows pain! How should we reach God's upper light If life's long day bad no good nightr Good Advice. The list letter of Shirley Dare, the popular fashion writer, lauuehes out from tie usual routine and gives a lit' tlo t ie of advico which ladies in gen era), and those living in cities cspoc-ialy, would do woll to heed. Wo ex tract: h largo cltios like our own, young lades cannot be too careful to inquiro inb the a-itecedonts of a gcntloman bebre admitting him to their homes. Meting a stranger at a fashionable, party is far from proving him a gen- tlenan. Ho may be a waif, first seen byyour friend amid the flotsam and jetman of somo summer resort; or his acquaintance may havo commenced by tbi assiduity with which ho pickod up fling gloves, or tbo steadiness of his stro at church door on Sundays, which wold admit only of recognition or in sni, and tho former was preferable as thilesser of the evils. The probability a that an agreoable and well infor mi sv,rtingor is a gentleman the chan- coiare that he is a rascal. The fact tht a man's name is Brown, and that hos well dressed, is not'sufficient. It mU be ascertained that his parents woo named Brown, how they subsis-tedhow tho present Brown subsists, ant whether his chances for future sub- sisnce aro unclouded. .prudent man will invest in noithcr hote nor land nntil the title of such bo lear. A prudent woman shonld calao man friond or acquaintance nn til is title to tbo name of gentleman be clear as honesty can make it. Tine may bo romauco in newacquain-tarb, but most romantic young men des.-t their inamoratas when romanco ceais to be profitable, lothors and fathers owo it, no less a drv to their daughters and sisters tha. to themselves, to find out tbe ch.nctor of the young men who fre-qnet their houses. Only rascals wcnld objrt. to this, and honest men would seel nil the brighter for tho investigate.liaughtcrs would be moro caroful in 6 selection of their friends, thero wpd be fewer divorces anddesortions, seditions and heart breakings,in this widworld, and we might, therofore, hava groat deal more of sunshino and lesshadow. Jp axd True. It is 6aid that onco in company of literary gentlemen, Mr.Vebstor was asked if he could comjebend how Jesus Chr't was man&He replied promptly andcm-phatally-; "3, sir," and added, "I would be ashacd to acknowledge him as my Saviiif I could comprehend him. "It could comprehend him he could be ntreater than myself. Such is my inabjty to save myself, that I feel thatpeed- a superhuman Savior, one bo gat -and glorious that I cannot comjihcnd him." A Texas Sam Patch. -The Gal'vejfcoii :Xews of July 2d, says: "At dixx) clock r. m., last oven inr, the '-time' fixed for Sam Patch. Jr.. fo taki a-Jeap from the yard-arm of , ' , ship. in tho bay, a concourse, of peopte began.to assemble By half past six the 'Crowd was immense, to see the Sara Patch, Jr., take his 'fall of 120 feet. Even the rigging of all the shipping in the, .vicinity was occupied by the devil-may-care sort, and little boats were hovering around in tho tidal stream. At twenty minutos tosnven the object of all eyes was seen ascend ing by means of a ropo round his body with a pully attachment. His legs were bare to the thighs, and a loose flannel shirt or blouso covered his shoulders and body. Up, np, up ho was hauled until the yard-arm had boon reached. On to tho arm ho half clambered and was half hauled. So soon as ho attained tho upright attitude meanwhilo holding to the ropes, his blouse was removed and he stood three and-a-half parts naked before tho immense auditory. His appearance was haggard, and as ho held indifferently and swaggering to the ropes, he ap peared tho very picture of despair, lie smilod a ghastly smile or two, and once raised his hand toward Leaven, whether rccklossfy or reverently wo couldn't tell. When least expected, ho tottared to the littlo platform on tho end of tho yard-arm, and leaped. One j leg thrown out at right angles from the body, and his arms woro sprawled out like the wings of a crippled goose. In this fix, and in obedience to the law of gravity bo came sailing down. Bo- fore reaching tho water he had per formed a graceful gyration, and struck like a slapjack fiat on his back. The tide was rapidly running at Jho time, and tho apparently lifeless body, with the face under water, tho back of his head and his shoulders only being per- ceptiblo, he floated away. A little dinky with throe men in it, flew toward the body, and after some unimportant maneuvering picked tho life less form of Sam Patch, Jr., up. He was put on the deck of a sloop, in the harbor, around which the crowd gathered in dense masses. A general rub bing of the body commenced, and the spark of life returned. Upon the res toration of breath whisky was offered tbe unfortunato man, and he smiled as upon meeting Bome dear friend. Vt'e got one sight at tho bloodless, haggard features, ono look at tho blackened, contused and bruised back, and feeling that we had the full worth of our mon 03, came back to tho Aeics ofhee to writo up our hasty account. It is to be noted that no collection was takon up owing to.the great excite ment. And it is also to bo noted that Mr. Patch's face was underwater long onongh to have drowned any man, but the fall having knocked the brcath'out of him, he couldn't broatho and conse quently couldn't drown. How fortunate, then, that tho fall knocked the breath out of his body 1 We aro at a loss to say whether wo felt moro pity or disgust over the imbecilo proceedings.Tho suicidal victim was reported dy ing at 9 o clock last night. rithy Sermon to Young Men. You aro the architects of vour own fortunes. Belyupon your own strength of body and soul. Take for your motto, Self Reliability. Honostv and In dustry. For your star, Faith, Perse- veranco and Pluck, and inscribe on your banner, "Be just and fear not." Don't tako too much advice ; keep at tho helm and steer vour own ship. Think well of yourselves. Strike out. t ire above the mark you intend to hit. Assumo your position. Do not practice excessivo humility, vou can't get abovo your level. Water don't ran up hill; put potatoes in a cart over a rough road, and small potatoes will go to tbe.bottom. Energy, invincible determination, with right motive, are the levers that move the world. The great art of commanding is to tako a fair share of tho work. Civility costs nothing and buys everything. I)on't drink. Don't smoke. Don't chew. Don't swear. Don't gamble. Don't steal. Don't tattle. Don't deceive. Be polite. Be generous. Be kind. Study hard. Bo earnest. Be self-re liant. Head good books. Love your fellow-man as well as God. Love your country, and obey the laws. Love tbo truth. Love virtuo. Always do what your conscience tells you ta be a duty, and leavo tbe consequences with God. u. Or. nattman. The Gospel is " a word in season to him that is weary ;" therefore it speaks only to him that is weary, to him that is seeking rest and finding none; and to him it brings relief, refreshment and repose. It finds you a braised reed; it props and supports you. It finds.you weoping, and wipes away all tha tears from your eyes. It finds you , leartui, cheerless, disquieted, and gives you courage, hope and tranquility. There is a wilderness before her, and the garden of Eden behind; before her is "lamantation, mourning, and woe;" behind her comes thanksgiving and tho voice of melody. Frankfort (Ky.) Lonwynwaitn. Railroads or (be World. Wo recently publisbod a highly in - Merosting table, Knowing the length railroads constructed and in operation a!at tbo close of last year iu each coun- .1 I - i i - try into wmcu uioy uuu ueca iniro ducod, and their relation to tho extent and population of the countries respectively.. These statistics show that Europe has 50,117 miles of railroad, North and , South America 40,8615 milc3, Asia only S,000nnilos. In the United States thoro aro 3C,80C milo which is about S3 per cent, of tho I tvholo mileage of railroads in the world; in Great. Britain and Ireland thero aro 13,2S7 miles, in France 3,982 railos, and in Prussia 4,794 miles. In tbo Unitod Statos thoro aro eighty-one square miles of territory to each mile of railroad, and one mile of railroad to each onp thousand of tho population: in Groat Britain and Ireland the 'proportion is nino miles of area to one' of railroad, and one milo of road to each 2,189 ,of population; and in France tho ratio is twentv-four miles r-r- to oiie of railroad, an J 4,172 of popula tion to ono of road. 'Belgium, with ono mile of railroad to every seven miles of territory, has a moro thorough network of railroads than any other country, while Kussia with a territory twelve times tho extent of tho British Isle, has only onc-tifth the length of road. Europo has one mile of railroad to each fcoventy-fivo milos of territory, ana 5,CSG of population; and in the wholo of North America there is to each milo of road 192 miles of territory and 1,399 of population. These facta and figuros aro strikingly sug gestive of tho material development and advancement of railroad enterprise throughout the world, and indicate quite conclusively tho general state of civilization existing in tho several countries whoo "roads we have contrasted. The United States need shrink from a comparison with no country in tho world. X. V. World. Remarkable Kmiic Discovery Near the Great Fulls of the l'o-tomnc.From the Washington Union. It is reported in (scientific and historical circles, that Professor T. C. Ruffinson, of Copenhagen, has recently discovered a Runic inscription below the Great Falls in the Potomac. It records tho death of an Icelandic woman naruod Susan, who diod in 1051. This is a most remarkable dis covery, it proves conclusively not only the visit of the hardy Northmen to our shores fivo centuries before the so called discovery of Columbus, but that their explorations inland were greater than has been surmised. Fur- thor nnrf MnMnni, tt,n rnmirL-. , r. " able discovery of an Icelandic icscrip- tion of more than eight centuries old within fifteen railos of tho city of Washington, not only confirm tho statements mado in our first edition, but add that fragments of teeth, bronze trinkets, coins and other curious trin kets havo been exhumed from the grave. A party ol citizens lrom w ash-ington visited tho inscription yester day. Tho historical importance of, this discovery is very great. We await with impatience the reports of. out scientists. An Eloquent Passage. The finest thing Bro. Geo. D. Prentice ever wroto is this inimitable passage:It can not be that earth is mnn' only abiding place. It can not be that our life is a bubble cast up by the ocean nf ctornity to float a momout on its waves and sink into nothingness. Else why is it, tbe high and glorious, which leap like angels from tbe temples of our hearts, are forever wandering unsatisfied. Why is it that the rainbow and cloud como above us with a beauty that is not of oartb, and then leave us to mao on their loveliness? Why is it that the ttar., which held their festival around the midnight throne, are sot above the grasp of our limited faculties; forever mocking us with tneir unapproachable glory ! And finally, why is it that bright forms of human beauty aro prosenteu to our view and taken from us; leaving the thousand streams of our affoctions to flow back in an Alpine torrent upon our heart? We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth There is a realm where tho rainbow nover fades, whore tbo stars will be spread out bo-foro ns like tbe islands that slumber on tho ocean, and where Jho beautiful beings which pass before us will stay forever in our presence. The First Twistt Years. Live as you may, tho first twenty vears form the greater part of your lifo. They appear so whon they are passing; they seem to havo been so whon we look back to them, and they take up more room in our memory than all the years that succeed them. If this be so. how important that the should be passed in planting good principles, cultivating good tastes, strengthening good habits, fleeing all those pleasures which lay up bittorness and sorrow for time to come 1 Take good caro'oftbe first twenty years of your lite, ana you may hope mat tne last twenty years will take good care of you. The Old Woman and the Crow. - Thotodyisui that aces a "camel in the of 5-i"uf unu " propiuaios tuouevn At a certain' cross' roads in the State of Alabama, stood a 'small grocery or whiskey shop, prerious to the war, whore bust head and, chain lightening were ucatt out, to me thirsty, and nn washoa at the small sum of five conts drink, or twenty cents a quart. The presiding genius of this institution was ono 13 ill Striito, -who had a dometica ted crow, as black as tho aco of tDades. This crow had learnt, quite plainly, the words "damn you," which he of course beard frequently repeated in the gro cery, xiunng me prevalence ot a knock uown and. drag out fceiit ono day, how evor, the crow was frightoned from home and flew to tho woods never to return again About threo miles from tho grocery win a seiuemem mcctinir housu an old tumblo down, dilapidated affair. only used on certain occasions, when a circuit rider hatipo ioa to pass that way, 7.. .1 - i...:t.ir .t. -I-"' ' In thii building tho crow went, taking ' peaecab, possession; and two days l i : ' ,own ?Pe,n among whom was a very old lady who was compeiiea to use crutcccs in va!k-ing, who took hor seat in tbe front pew, and was 60on deeply absorbed in the eloquence ot tho preacher. The revo rend gcntlemanahad scarcoly gotten ua derfull headway, andcommo.icod thun derin out his anathemas at all grades ot sinners, when a hoarse, croaking voice from above uttered the ominous words : "Damn you." The preacher and congregation look ed aghast at such profanity, and each peered into his neighbor a laco to do-tect some sign of guilt. Quiet was at length restored, however, and tho ser mon proceeded : but era ten minutes had elapsed, the ominous " damn you again electrified the audionce, and just as the preacher cast his eye npward to searcn tor tnc delinquent, the crow new from his perch, and alighting upon tbe Bible, calmly surveyed the crowd as he gave another croak : "Damn you. Tbo effect was electrical. Giving one startled ana territiod gianco at the intruder, the preacher sprang through a window, carrying sash, glass and all with him, and set off at break neck pace through tho woods, closely follow ed by his horror stricken congregation, who had piled out of tbe building pell 'mail alter him. In the general scram- b.e, the old lady with the crutches had been knocked down in tho church where she lav, unable to rise : and on seeing her, the crow (who was after somothing to oat) fiow down besido her very knowingly and croaked : "Damn you." The old lady eyed him savagely for a lew mo:nonts,and burst forth in a tone of reckless defiance : "Ye, and damn you, too 1 1 had noth ing to do with getting up this .Methodist meeting, and vou know it too! Tho poor old soul had mistaken the crow lor tbo devil, and concluded to propitiate, if posstblo his faatanic maics :. ii iair. The world is full of tech people. What all Must Expect. Mauhoo 1 will como and old ago will come, and tho dying bed will come, and tbo very last look yon will ever cast on your acquaintances will come, and tbo agony of tbe parting breath will come, and tho time w en you aro stretchod a lifoless corpse before the eyes of weeping relatives will come, and that hour whou tho company as- ' soiuble to carry you to tho church-yard will come, and tho throwing in ot the lo e earth into the narrow home where you aro laid, and the spreading of the green sod over it all, all will como on every living creature who now hears me ; and in a few little years the minister u ho now speaks, and tbe people who now listen, will bo carried to their long homes, and mako room for another generation. Now all this, you know, must and will happen your common senso and common oxperienco eerve to convince you of it. Perhaps it may have been little thought of in the days of careless and thoughtless, and thankless unconcern which you havo spent hitherto; but I call upon you to think of it now, to lay it seriously to heart, and no longer to trifle and delay when tbe high matters of death and judgment and eternity aro thus 'set so evidently before you. And tho tidings whore-witb I am -charged and tho blood li-eth upon your own head, and not upon mine, if you will not liston to them the object of coming among you is to let j-on know that moro things are to come; it is to carry you beyond tbe re igion3 of sight and eenso to the re ligions of faith, and to assure you, in the name of Him who can not lie, that as sure as the hour of laying the body in the grave comes, so surely will also como the hour of the spirit returning to the God who gave it. Yes, and the day,of final reckoning will como, and tho appearance of the Son of God in Heaven, and his mighty angels around him. will oome. and tho occninir of the books will come, and tbe standing of j mon of all generations before the judg ment-seat will como, and the solemn passing of that sentence which is to fix you for otornity will come. Dr. Chalmers. "Ip you ever marry," 6aid a Roman consul to his son. "lot it bo to ono who has senso enough to superintend tbe setting of a meal of victuals, taste enough to dress herself, pride enough to wash before breakfast, and senso enough to hold hoc tongue when she has nothing to ay. uunseii, ruuier toairorooK opposition" iJrown, which is situated in front Of oguiu, ruaijuv.w.Hwvw finiU a lilting illustra.tipn ia tho fol-!the hone ho used to occupy' in the in the Statet Iirtho eoarse of L lowing; . town of North Elba; Now York, among ovonitfg-feW-eT to 'ft t .,r The Grave of John Brown. A correspondent of a Now York pa per thus Ue-cribcs, the grave, ot John tho Adrionack mountains "The lot in which John Brown, is buried lies cast of tho houso, and corners toward it, and separated from it bya ppaco of only two or three rods. Tho fence on oach side is throo rods in length, five boards high rough and un-painteJ. In the middle of tho lot there is a rock of granite occupying a space upon the ground nearly square, and almost perpendicular upon alii sides. The north side is ten feet high the opposito lour, and the circumlcr- enco five rods. Across the top, from the west to tho oast (standing on tho south sido,) yoa will read John nitow.v, .1959 Each letter and figuro is one foot high and nearly ono wido, and cut ono inch into tho rock. Mr. Alexis Hiuck Joy, the pre-e it owner and occupant of mo bouse a gentlemanly and well in formed young man said to me : "This work was dono by a stone-cutter, J. A. Daniels. Ho was sent here for that purpose by Wendell Phillips and Francis Lee. It took him three days and a half to accomplish it." John Brown is buried with his leet to this rock, with his head to tbe west in a line with the two opposito corners of the lot and the hoo. The hcadstoco is, of course, granite, three leet and two in ches thick. It was procured and let tered a long timo ago in Connecticut. for tho gravo of Captain John Brown; but, as it did not suit his children, it was nover erected thoro, but remained till his son, who lies there, brought it to westport, ana there lelt it. Vhcn Mrs Brown was with her husband in Virginia prison, as I understand, he o.t pressed a wish to bo buried near his bouse at .North Elba, and havo this stone placed at his house. Although other inscriptions are upon it, still, oniy one oouy lies cere. Dlcro and thus as I have described. lies tbo body ot one who, by a sing! daring deed, shook the world as with the suddenness ot a thunderbolt. And here my thoughts naturally ran upon tho great events that this ono deed hastened, modified or produce!. have never been a follower of John Brown, but, standing bv his gravo and looking off and around, I can truly say how wonderlul I In this high region is tho rock that I have described. To appearance, for several miles each way trom this rock, tbe earth is compara tively levol, though undulating and beautifully diversified by lakes, streams and groves. All around beyond this distance tbe earth rises into hundreds of mountains and hills, rearing their summits into the heavens and forming an ontire circle. Among them you will find Mount Marcy tho highest in the (state also, Mount iiclntyre, Mount McMartin, Whiteface, and othors, ranking in tho first class. It does appear as though God had prepared this spot for some specific object. v as this rock placed here purposely as a monument lor the one who alone and silently lios at its base ? Was this mountain chain designedly reared to wall this spot around ? And lastly ; 'Pilgrim to what is caiieo, "tbe brine of John Brown, tho martyr" as you enter this circlo through dark and deep mountain passes, does your coo- cienco whisper: "Ibis is sacred ground?" Nearly overy day people from a distance visit this place. Boy Lore. One of tho queerest things to think of in aftor lifo is boy love. No sooner does a boy acquire a tolerablo stature than he begins to imagine himselt a man. and to aso manish -ways. Ho casts side gla.icej at all .the tall girls bo may meet, carries a cane, holds his bead erect and struts a little in his walk. Presently, and very eoon, ho falls in love, yes falls is tho proper word, because it indicates his happy, delirious self-abasemeut. He lives now in a fairy region, 'some-what collateral to the world, and yot blended somehow inextricably with it. Ho perfumes his hair with fragrant oils. scatters essences over his handkerchief and despairingly anoints for a beard. He quotes poetry in which "love and "dove," and "heart" and "dove," pecu liarly predominate, and be plunges deoper in tho delicious labyrinth, and tancios himselt mied with the divine afflatus, and suddenly breaks into a carlet rash ot rhymo. lie leeds upon the looks of his beloved ; is raised to the soventh heaven if she speaks a pleasant word: is betrayed into tbe most astonishing eostacies by a smile, and is plunged into the gloomiest re gions ol misanthropy by a trown. ne belioves himself tbe most do voted lover in tho world. There never will bo a more. Ho is tho great idolater! Ho dotes' upon a flower she has cast away. He cherishes her glovo a littlo worn in tho fingers next to his heart. Happy, happy, foolish boy love, with its jovb and its hopes and its fears; its nrrntrn- its ioaloUsiOS and its delights i its raptures and its torturos; its ecstatic nnrl tnrrihlo heart-burnings its solemn ludicrousncss, and intensely prosaic termination. " Doctor "Well, Madam, how's your husband today?" Wife "Why, Doctor, "he teems no better." 'Doctor "Did you get tho Ieochas ?" Wife "Yes, but ho only took three of them raw; I had to fry the rest!" A subscriber to a county paper of! Inner stanriimr. tvho hail never naid a dollar ot his subscription, told tho col lector not many moons ago, wiien called upon to foot his .little bill, that be had no funds; "he ony subscribed for tho thing in orJer'to'eaeourag the undcrukin '." -Sensible. At XBOjeiaJpty-jt&o qjher mq. VTaji: JLotiiifHpriili ercmr.g acartc .- with two oif tHrc"'newlyc -marrje diesmutual itneods,' tvoo- p.yi.t . rallied my friend oi. tho .seminary ;u spacting a "beau,'" "I havo none," she rcp)iaL "Honestly ?" asked onW "Yes, honestly, and lilo not wis", or intend to receive particular- attention from any gentleman until I !:-. a school." "Why not ?" I as'u-e 1 dennra'y. "I will toll vou." sho answere-J. 'tnrn- ! ing to me with great seriousness. "I think it diverts one s atteuunri lrom lessons, to be thinking of and writ ng to a special friend. The poorest scholars in school, each year, have l ee i those girls who were "engaged." Tl.oy wero all tho timo thinking and talkiiig of, and writing to theirgeutlemen, and as a consoqccnce their lemons v. cm never learned and they took very littlo interest in school excrci-cs. Of cnur.-e thay are minus of mash tbev ought to know. I cannot help thinking tna: girl needs a great deal of knuwloige, in order to read character correctly, o thai she may judge wisely in so important a matter as matrimony."-"Ah I I Knees she-is bppseei.to mar rying," laughed one. '"Not at all. I hope to have an excellent husband some day, and I want to know enough to'be an excellea wife, you see. Time" enough for me a year or two. henco. My education is the business in hand now. "Sonsible girl I School days aro in deed too precious, too important to"be tnuua U.NRJ. iu vaui luuugnia oi vsm men. rE. C. O. Stevens. The State O facers Elect of Ken tucky. From the Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth. John n. ileim, irovernor elect, was, during tho entire war of rebellion, nn undisguised vmpatihzer with tbo Confederates. Ho was more than once arrested by Sherman and Roussean, ana more than once engaged in open or covert schomes, which looked solely to tho benefit of the rebel Confederacy. Ho has not daring the long aud weary years of war breathed one patriotic aspiration for tho National triumph. joiin vt. stnenson, Lieutenant Gov ernor elect, has uniformly adh'erod to tho Calhoun school of politics. He has been a truo believer in the doctrine of States' Rights, in their broadest and most dangerous interpretation, and an undoviating adhoront of John C. Breckinridge. 11 is fealty to the lost cause is beyond question. John Hodman, Attornor General olect, raised a -regiment for sorvice in tho Confederate .army, and left Ken tucky with Bragg, in 1S62. We have not at hand the details of his military service ; but tt will not be denied that his heart and soul were in the Confederate cause D. Howard Smith, Auditor of State elect, -was Colonel of a regiment of Confederate cavalry, and served in tho robel army during the entire war. James Vt. late, Treasurer elect, was during tho entire war a partizan of the rebellion. The fact is known to every citizen of this place and needs no elab oration. Z. N. Smith, Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction elect, has always and notoriously ho!d kindly and hopeful views for the Southern Confederacy. James A. Dawson, .Register ot the State Land office elect, was for a brief space an acting Lieutenant in tbjUnion army. His entire term of Union military duty did not aggregate the number of days omployed iu the Into canvass. Mr. Dawson has been charge 1 with having expressed a regret that ho ever woro the blue. We hvoo never heard him use the expression in fact he has den. ed it; bat bis most acuve energies havo, fortwoycars, beo.i use! m leaguo with those whom Mr. Daw son know to bo unblushing traitors. We think we might sa'elv state that Mr. Dawson would have preferred fe fl ing the boutn succeed, to witnessing the incidental overthrow of slavery, in tho triumph of tbo nation. Tnc boys of Bethany, Harrison county, are also at the 'national game;' Say 8 tbe Tribune i Last baturday tbe boys met in tt.e vicinity of the Falls and organizol. Happening to stray along why.e they wero playing, we thought there was a chance to got a national reputation, so wo waded in. All went well lor awnue, nntil some of them got mad and others got their shins hurt, and the club ad journed to moet next ovening. At tho designated nour aatnraay u.ey assem bled again, and ptavod nearly an tt.e afternoon. We were on hand again and took a lofty part, as usual.- All wero delighted, aud not nntil the supper bells rang did tbo enthusiastic players abandon their fun. There is an old saying, howevor, that bitter follows sweot, and Sunday morn-ing ono might have Eeen tle'gay players of Saturday limping around like old broken down plow horses. Qnr own legs, long as they are, felt aboat aa stiff as dead hickory fence rails. A certain green customor, wh-j wa a stranger to mirrors, Ktepping into tie. cabin of one of our ocean Hteamcrs, stopped in front of a Jarge pier-glass which ho took for a door, and-seeing his own ro3cc'tion, he said: ' "I mister, when docs this .ere beat' leave t" Getting no answer from the dumb reflection beforo him, he again repeated:"I say, roistor, when does thig 'ero boat start?" Incensed at the, silent ifigare, he broke out : . '.'Go to thunder. iTe darned sassafras- colored, ' ihockheaded, etcex ,cajf . jrent don'tiook as if Yoa"khowednscTqv? . - - . - j -

J J. ' t. j K r . e aW&tmi i$f(J. 87. VOL. CARTHAGE, JASPER COUNTY . MISSOURI, AUGUST: 29, 1867. The CartMge Banner. rcMJsnED ivcsr tuxmiut. " nr Tiiow.is M. garlaxd. TERMS": XVfO DOLiAKS .A. "VE-A.lt. IirVAKIABLT IS ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES-One square (too Hues) one Insertion... 5 1 00 W 0 00 3 00 3 00 3 00 1 00 20 Orders of Publication, 4 squares or forty lines brevier-....-.- Administrator's Notiecs... - Final Settlement Xotlces...... Single Stray Xoticcs...... ...... i-.JZ, ..iiittfnnsl animal In same noure- Editoriri and Special Notices, pec line- One column, oncjuar... Half column, one year..... Fourth colnmn. one year...... One column, sis months.....-.... Half column, fix months..... Fourth column, fix mouth. One colnmn, three months tT.ir.iiitmt-1 hive mouths.......... 100 00 50 00 1 30 00 CO 00 50 CO! 23 00 40 oo; UTi 00 r.Mirtlimlnmn. three months........... 30 00 t&- Transient advcrti'cmcnU, in all cases, to be paid for hindrance. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. u c Jt'onncon. james aeuso.n. M'GREG-OR. ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT-LAW, General Collecting and Real Estate Agents, Carthace, Jasper Countv, Mo. Oma-North ride Public Square. o. 8. lTrcnnt. . a. camkuon. PITCHSR &: CAMERON, Attorneys aiifl. Comiselors at Law, CinTIIAOB, MO. (OSce in Conrt Houc.) n32 i. r. vmrEitr.. w. h. rncLrs. WHEELER &; PHELPS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Cart hn gc, Mo. ria-iy SATHAN BRIT, I T- CCSXISOIUM, Mt. Vernon, Mo. Carthage, ilo. BRJ.T & CCXXIXCIIAM. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Carthace, Jasper Cotmty,Mi8Muri. COLLECTIONS made speedily, and par-ticular attention paid to real estate Iteration. Lands of every description and ia any quantity tor sale. a!3 nlSly B. r. GAztcuox. - D' ossat. HAimisox & onxEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Carthace Mo. WILL practice in the Courts of tlin 13th -Tii.HHxl tMrcuit: Bavnon-resident taxes, hivejtiirate tides, and attend to conveyancinf; mJ all other lezal business. General collect- isg upents. mar30 nlG SATHAX HBAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TSTt. Vernon, lo.. WILL attend personally the Courts or stnnn I!ixt. Mc Donald . N enton . as- liirinn. Dade. Iiwrence and Green comities, 31o. Have for sale 20000 Acres of Good Farming and Mineral Lands in Southwest Ho. Refer to all prominent business men -In W. J. CAMEROX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AGENT, Carthage, Mo. aec3n2 JOSEPH OESXESs, AtoBj ana Counselor at Law, Mt. Vernon, Iawrencc Co.. Mo. "VVriLL practice in Stone, Barry, Me.Don-VV aid, 'cwton, Jdspcr, Itartou, Dade, and Lawrence counties. tgr In vacation cf Courts all letters on business should be aililrcsf etl to Joseph Kstes, Wt. Vcmon, Jlo. feb2 nS JAMES r. WILSON. M. D., OIUw at Iteidcnce, c25 3m. Cnirtlmtre. TVIo. DR. J. A. CARTEK, Physician and Surgeon, CARTHAGE, MO., "ITflLL attend to oenxbal rRACncr: in Jas- 1 1 per scecerv in aitjommK counucs Urncs: xj siae auuuc oijuajc above Corn's store. n23tf DR. J. P. CUXMJTGHAM, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, CARTHAGE, MO., f FFF.RS his nrofefsional seniccs to the J citizens of Carthage and iciriity . Particular attention paid to the discasesof fe- xaaies anu cmiuren. &'junui.i-DR. AMOS II. CAFFEE, (LATE SUKGEON C. S. AEilY,) PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Examining Surgeon for the Pension Bureau, CARTHAGE, - - MISSOURI. Office at the Drug Store. nl ly DR D. P. MOSS, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, eevts 2Uixs socniEAJr CARTHAGE, MO. B7n2S JONES. TTM. 310KSOW. joxes &. .nonnon, BRICKLAYERS & PLASTEREHS, T) ESPECTF U LL Y Inform the citizens of jm i,irtnge and eurrounuinfr country, that 'her areprepared to carry on the abovebasl-"W- Charges reasonable. Particular attention paid to Cistern Building. GA8TOX X REYNOLDS, CARPENTERS and JOINERS, carthage; jasper co., mo. sf .Prepared lo do all' kinds of work in 2isouri " Cartnijre, Japer county, rJ"!.M.,!DUlTLAPf PRACTICAL M5URYEY0R, Carthace, Bia., T3ESPECTFULX.V tenders iU;ervioes to JLVaU -wisliinz to purchase homed, in the gardee of the South west; U familiar .with, the quality, location, ami counuanes ut uic Uiii oi juper. county. ' o C. L. KEAr.DJLEY. UKAItDSLEY U STEPP. ARCHITECTS HE' BUILDERS Carthage, Mo., - " WILL attend to all business In tlielr line, such as nuking dralls, fprciik-atkw. and contracting for the erection of buildings Job "Work of all kinds executed -with neatness and dispatch. n35 DR. V. I. SHARP, MecMcal ai OperatiYB Dentist, (ifooms above Sweet &Co. 's Drug Store,) Grauby, Mo., OFFERS ids services to the people of the Southwest. Teeth filled ortiliired with J Gold, Silver, or Tinfoil, and inserted singly or in sew, according to me mot approved svsteras. BaT Will be In Carthage on tiro 23d of September, and remain one week. n22 tf Good IVisrlit. Tlie Louisville Democrat quotes from school cirl's paper, the following poem. which was WTittcn by a girl thirteen years out. Gooil night! A word so often raid, The hralless mind forgets its meaning; 'TIs only when some heart lirs ilead On which our own was leaning, Vo hear in maddening music roll Thatlat good night along the soul. Goodnight! In tone? that never die. It peals along the quickening ear, And tender fares of memory, Forever waft it near: When stilled the voiceOh, crash of pain mat ne'er cnau oreauie good nignt again Goodnight! It mocks us from the grave It calls trom out the ground From which there Hows no backwardwave: On every side, around, above. Good night, good night to life and love. Good night! Oh, wherefore fades away The light that lived In that dear word? Why follows that good night no day? why are m- souls so stirred? Oh, rattier lay, dull brain, once more Good night: thy time of toil Is o'er. Goodnight! Xow cometh gentle sletp, And tears that fall like welcome rain; Good night! Oh, holy, blest and deep, The rest tat follows pain! How should we reach God's upper light If life's long day bad no good nightr Good Advice. The list letter of Shirley Dare, the popular fashion writer, lauuehes out from tie usual routine and gives a lit' tlo t ie of advico which ladies in gen era), and those living in cities cspoc-ialy, would do woll to heed. Wo ex tract: h largo cltios like our own, young lades cannot be too careful to inquiro inb the a-itecedonts of a gcntloman bebre admitting him to their homes. Meting a stranger at a fashionable, party is far from proving him a gen- tlenan. Ho may be a waif, first seen byyour friend amid the flotsam and jetman of somo summer resort; or his acquaintance may havo commenced by tbi assiduity with which ho pickod up fling gloves, or tbo steadiness of his stro at church door on Sundays, which wold admit only of recognition or in sni, and tho former was preferable as thilesser of the evils. The probability a that an agreoable and well infor mi sv,rtingor is a gentleman the chan- coiare that he is a rascal. The fact tht a man's name is Brown, and that hos well dressed, is not'sufficient. It mU be ascertained that his parents woo named Brown, how they subsis-tedhow tho present Brown subsists, ant whether his chances for future sub- sisnce aro unclouded. .prudent man will invest in noithcr hote nor land nntil the title of such bo lear. A prudent woman shonld calao man friond or acquaintance nn til is title to tbo name of gentleman be clear as honesty can make it. Tine may bo romauco in newacquain-tarb, but most romantic young men des.-t their inamoratas when romanco ceais to be profitable, lothors and fathers owo it, no less a drv to their daughters and sisters tha. to themselves, to find out tbe ch.nctor of the young men who fre-qnet their houses. Only rascals wcnld objrt. to this, and honest men would seel nil the brighter for tho investigate.liaughtcrs would be moro caroful in 6 selection of their friends, thero wpd be fewer divorces anddesortions, seditions and heart breakings,in this widworld, and we might, therofore, hava groat deal more of sunshino and lesshadow. Jp axd True. It is 6aid that onco in company of literary gentlemen, Mr.Vebstor was asked if he could comjebend how Jesus Chr't was man&He replied promptly andcm-phatally-; "3, sir," and added, "I would be ashacd to acknowledge him as my Saviiif I could comprehend him. "It could comprehend him he could be ntreater than myself. Such is my inabjty to save myself, that I feel thatpeed- a superhuman Savior, one bo gat -and glorious that I cannot comjihcnd him." A Texas Sam Patch. -The Gal'vejfcoii :Xews of July 2d, says: "At dixx) clock r. m., last oven inr, the '-time' fixed for Sam Patch. Jr.. fo taki a-Jeap from the yard-arm of , ' , ship. in tho bay, a concourse, of peopte began.to assemble By half past six the 'Crowd was immense, to see the Sara Patch, Jr., take his 'fall of 120 feet. Even the rigging of all the shipping in the, .vicinity was occupied by the devil-may-care sort, and little boats were hovering around in tho tidal stream. At twenty minutos tosnven the object of all eyes was seen ascend ing by means of a ropo round his body with a pully attachment. His legs were bare to the thighs, and a loose flannel shirt or blouso covered his shoulders and body. Up, np, up ho was hauled until the yard-arm had boon reached. On to tho arm ho half clambered and was half hauled. So soon as ho attained tho upright attitude meanwhilo holding to the ropes, his blouse was removed and he stood three and-a-half parts naked before tho immense auditory. His appearance was haggard, and as ho held indifferently and swaggering to the ropes, he ap peared tho very picture of despair, lie smilod a ghastly smile or two, and once raised his hand toward Leaven, whether rccklossfy or reverently wo couldn't tell. When least expected, ho tottared to the littlo platform on tho end of tho yard-arm, and leaped. One j leg thrown out at right angles from the body, and his arms woro sprawled out like the wings of a crippled goose. In this fix, and in obedience to the law of gravity bo came sailing down. Bo- fore reaching tho water he had per formed a graceful gyration, and struck like a slapjack fiat on his back. The tide was rapidly running at Jho time, and tho apparently lifeless body, with the face under water, tho back of his head and his shoulders only being per- ceptiblo, he floated away. A little dinky with throe men in it, flew toward the body, and after some unimportant maneuvering picked tho life less form of Sam Patch, Jr., up. He was put on the deck of a sloop, in the harbor, around which the crowd gathered in dense masses. A general rub bing of the body commenced, and the spark of life returned. Upon the res toration of breath whisky was offered tbe unfortunato man, and he smiled as upon meeting Bome dear friend. Vt'e got one sight at tho bloodless, haggard features, ono look at tho blackened, contused and bruised back, and feeling that we had the full worth of our mon 03, came back to tho Aeics ofhee to writo up our hasty account. It is to be noted that no collection was takon up owing to.the great excite ment. And it is also to bo noted that Mr. Patch's face was underwater long onongh to have drowned any man, but the fall having knocked the brcath'out of him, he couldn't broatho and conse quently couldn't drown. How fortunate, then, that tho fall knocked the breath out of his body 1 We aro at a loss to say whether wo felt moro pity or disgust over the imbecilo proceedings.Tho suicidal victim was reported dy ing at 9 o clock last night. rithy Sermon to Young Men. You aro the architects of vour own fortunes. Belyupon your own strength of body and soul. Take for your motto, Self Reliability. Honostv and In dustry. For your star, Faith, Perse- veranco and Pluck, and inscribe on your banner, "Be just and fear not." Don't tako too much advice ; keep at tho helm and steer vour own ship. Think well of yourselves. Strike out. t ire above the mark you intend to hit. Assumo your position. Do not practice excessivo humility, vou can't get abovo your level. Water don't ran up hill; put potatoes in a cart over a rough road, and small potatoes will go to tbe.bottom. Energy, invincible determination, with right motive, are the levers that move the world. The great art of commanding is to tako a fair share of tho work. Civility costs nothing and buys everything. I)on't drink. Don't smoke. Don't chew. Don't swear. Don't gamble. Don't steal. Don't tattle. Don't deceive. Be polite. Be generous. Be kind. Study hard. Bo earnest. Be self-re liant. Head good books. Love your fellow-man as well as God. Love your country, and obey the laws. Love tbo truth. Love virtuo. Always do what your conscience tells you ta be a duty, and leavo tbe consequences with God. u. Or. nattman. The Gospel is " a word in season to him that is weary ;" therefore it speaks only to him that is weary, to him that is seeking rest and finding none; and to him it brings relief, refreshment and repose. It finds you a braised reed; it props and supports you. It finds.you weoping, and wipes away all tha tears from your eyes. It finds you , leartui, cheerless, disquieted, and gives you courage, hope and tranquility. There is a wilderness before her, and the garden of Eden behind; before her is "lamantation, mourning, and woe;" behind her comes thanksgiving and tho voice of melody. Frankfort (Ky.) Lonwynwaitn. Railroads or (be World. Wo recently publisbod a highly in - Merosting table, Knowing the length railroads constructed and in operation a!at tbo close of last year iu each coun- .1 I - i i - try into wmcu uioy uuu ueca iniro ducod, and their relation to tho extent and population of the countries respectively.. These statistics show that Europe has 50,117 miles of railroad, North and , South America 40,8615 milc3, Asia only S,000nnilos. In the United States thoro aro 3C,80C milo which is about S3 per cent, of tho I tvholo mileage of railroads in the world; in Great. Britain and Ireland thero aro 13,2S7 miles, in France 3,982 railos, and in Prussia 4,794 miles. In tbo Unitod Statos thoro aro eighty-one square miles of territory to each mile of railroad, and one mile of railroad to each onp thousand of tho population: in Groat Britain and Ireland the 'proportion is nino miles of area to one' of railroad, and one milo of road to each 2,189 ,of population; and in France tho ratio is twentv-four miles r-r- to oiie of railroad, an J 4,172 of popula tion to ono of road. 'Belgium, with ono mile of railroad to every seven miles of territory, has a moro thorough network of railroads than any other country, while Kussia with a territory twelve times tho extent of tho British Isle, has only onc-tifth the length of road. Europo has one mile of railroad to each fcoventy-fivo milos of territory, ana 5,CSG of population; and in the wholo of North America there is to each milo of road 192 miles of territory and 1,399 of population. These facta and figuros aro strikingly sug gestive of tho material development and advancement of railroad enterprise throughout the world, and indicate quite conclusively tho general state of civilization existing in tho several countries whoo "roads we have contrasted. The United States need shrink from a comparison with no country in tho world. X. V. World. Remarkable Kmiic Discovery Near the Great Fulls of the l'o-tomnc.From the Washington Union. It is reported in (scientific and historical circles, that Professor T. C. Ruffinson, of Copenhagen, has recently discovered a Runic inscription below the Great Falls in the Potomac. It records tho death of an Icelandic woman naruod Susan, who diod in 1051. This is a most remarkable dis covery, it proves conclusively not only the visit of the hardy Northmen to our shores fivo centuries before the so called discovery of Columbus, but that their explorations inland were greater than has been surmised. Fur- thor nnrf MnMnni, tt,n rnmirL-. , r. " able discovery of an Icelandic icscrip- tion of more than eight centuries old within fifteen railos of tho city of Washington, not only confirm tho statements mado in our first edition, but add that fragments of teeth, bronze trinkets, coins and other curious trin kets havo been exhumed from the grave. A party ol citizens lrom w ash-ington visited tho inscription yester day. Tho historical importance of, this discovery is very great. We await with impatience the reports of. out scientists. An Eloquent Passage. The finest thing Bro. Geo. D. Prentice ever wroto is this inimitable passage:It can not be that earth is mnn' only abiding place. It can not be that our life is a bubble cast up by the ocean nf ctornity to float a momout on its waves and sink into nothingness. Else why is it, tbe high and glorious, which leap like angels from tbe temples of our hearts, are forever wandering unsatisfied. Why is it that the rainbow and cloud como above us with a beauty that is not of oartb, and then leave us to mao on their loveliness? Why is it that the ttar., which held their festival around the midnight throne, are sot above the grasp of our limited faculties; forever mocking us with tneir unapproachable glory ! And finally, why is it that bright forms of human beauty aro prosenteu to our view and taken from us; leaving the thousand streams of our affoctions to flow back in an Alpine torrent upon our heart? We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth There is a realm where tho rainbow nover fades, whore tbo stars will be spread out bo-foro ns like tbe islands that slumber on tho ocean, and where Jho beautiful beings which pass before us will stay forever in our presence. The First Twistt Years. Live as you may, tho first twenty vears form the greater part of your lifo. They appear so whon they are passing; they seem to havo been so whon we look back to them, and they take up more room in our memory than all the years that succeed them. If this be so. how important that the should be passed in planting good principles, cultivating good tastes, strengthening good habits, fleeing all those pleasures which lay up bittorness and sorrow for time to come 1 Take good caro'oftbe first twenty years of your lite, ana you may hope mat tne last twenty years will take good care of you. The Old Woman and the Crow. - Thotodyisui that aces a "camel in the of 5-i"uf unu " propiuaios tuouevn At a certain' cross' roads in the State of Alabama, stood a 'small grocery or whiskey shop, prerious to the war, whore bust head and, chain lightening were ucatt out, to me thirsty, and nn washoa at the small sum of five conts drink, or twenty cents a quart. The presiding genius of this institution was ono 13 ill Striito, -who had a dometica ted crow, as black as tho aco of tDades. This crow had learnt, quite plainly, the words "damn you," which he of course beard frequently repeated in the gro cery, xiunng me prevalence ot a knock uown and. drag out fceiit ono day, how evor, the crow was frightoned from home and flew to tho woods never to return again About threo miles from tho grocery win a seiuemem mcctinir housu an old tumblo down, dilapidated affair. only used on certain occasions, when a circuit rider hatipo ioa to pass that way, 7.. .1 - i...:t.ir .t. -I-"' ' In thii building tho crow went, taking ' peaecab, possession; and two days l i : ' ,own ?Pe,n among whom was a very old lady who was compeiiea to use crutcccs in va!k-ing, who took hor seat in tbe front pew, and was 60on deeply absorbed in the eloquence ot tho preacher. The revo rend gcntlemanahad scarcoly gotten ua derfull headway, andcommo.icod thun derin out his anathemas at all grades ot sinners, when a hoarse, croaking voice from above uttered the ominous words : "Damn you." The preacher and congregation look ed aghast at such profanity, and each peered into his neighbor a laco to do-tect some sign of guilt. Quiet was at length restored, however, and tho ser mon proceeded : but era ten minutes had elapsed, the ominous " damn you again electrified the audionce, and just as the preacher cast his eye npward to searcn tor tnc delinquent, the crow new from his perch, and alighting upon tbe Bible, calmly surveyed the crowd as he gave another croak : "Damn you. Tbo effect was electrical. Giving one startled ana territiod gianco at the intruder, the preacher sprang through a window, carrying sash, glass and all with him, and set off at break neck pace through tho woods, closely follow ed by his horror stricken congregation, who had piled out of tbe building pell 'mail alter him. In the general scram- b.e, the old lady with the crutches had been knocked down in tho church where she lav, unable to rise : and on seeing her, the crow (who was after somothing to oat) fiow down besido her very knowingly and croaked : "Damn you." The old lady eyed him savagely for a lew mo:nonts,and burst forth in a tone of reckless defiance : "Ye, and damn you, too 1 1 had noth ing to do with getting up this .Methodist meeting, and vou know it too! Tho poor old soul had mistaken the crow lor tbo devil, and concluded to propitiate, if posstblo his faatanic maics :. ii iair. The world is full of tech people. What all Must Expect. Mauhoo 1 will como and old ago will come, and tho dying bed will come, and tbo very last look yon will ever cast on your acquaintances will come, and tbo agony of tbe parting breath will come, and tho time w en you aro stretchod a lifoless corpse before the eyes of weeping relatives will come, and that hour whou tho company as- ' soiuble to carry you to tho church-yard will come, and tho throwing in ot the lo e earth into the narrow home where you aro laid, and the spreading of the green sod over it all, all will como on every living creature who now hears me ; and in a few little years the minister u ho now speaks, and tbe people who now listen, will bo carried to their long homes, and mako room for another generation. Now all this, you know, must and will happen your common senso and common oxperienco eerve to convince you of it. Perhaps it may have been little thought of in the days of careless and thoughtless, and thankless unconcern which you havo spent hitherto; but I call upon you to think of it now, to lay it seriously to heart, and no longer to trifle and delay when tbe high matters of death and judgment and eternity aro thus 'set so evidently before you. And tho tidings whore-witb I am -charged and tho blood li-eth upon your own head, and not upon mine, if you will not liston to them the object of coming among you is to let j-on know that moro things are to come; it is to carry you beyond tbe re igion3 of sight and eenso to the re ligions of faith, and to assure you, in the name of Him who can not lie, that as sure as the hour of laying the body in the grave comes, so surely will also como the hour of the spirit returning to the God who gave it. Yes, and the day,of final reckoning will como, and tho appearance of the Son of God in Heaven, and his mighty angels around him. will oome. and tho occninir of the books will come, and tbe standing of j mon of all generations before the judg ment-seat will como, and the solemn passing of that sentence which is to fix you for otornity will come. Dr. Chalmers. "Ip you ever marry," 6aid a Roman consul to his son. "lot it bo to ono who has senso enough to superintend tbe setting of a meal of victuals, taste enough to dress herself, pride enough to wash before breakfast, and senso enough to hold hoc tongue when she has nothing to ay. uunseii, ruuier toairorooK opposition" iJrown, which is situated in front Of oguiu, ruaijuv.w.Hwvw finiU a lilting illustra.tipn ia tho fol-!the hone ho used to occupy' in the in the Statet Iirtho eoarse of L lowing; . town of North Elba; Now York, among ovonitfg-feW-eT to 'ft t .,r The Grave of John Brown. A correspondent of a Now York pa per thus Ue-cribcs, the grave, ot John tho Adrionack mountains "The lot in which John Brown, is buried lies cast of tho houso, and corners toward it, and separated from it bya ppaco of only two or three rods. Tho fence on oach side is throo rods in length, five boards high rough and un-painteJ. In the middle of tho lot there is a rock of granite occupying a space upon the ground nearly square, and almost perpendicular upon alii sides. The north side is ten feet high the opposito lour, and the circumlcr- enco five rods. Across the top, from the west to tho oast (standing on tho south sido,) yoa will read John nitow.v, .1959 Each letter and figuro is one foot high and nearly ono wido, and cut ono inch into tho rock. Mr. Alexis Hiuck Joy, the pre-e it owner and occupant of mo bouse a gentlemanly and well in formed young man said to me : "This work was dono by a stone-cutter, J. A. Daniels. Ho was sent here for that purpose by Wendell Phillips and Francis Lee. It took him three days and a half to accomplish it." John Brown is buried with his leet to this rock, with his head to tbe west in a line with the two opposito corners of the lot and the hoo. The hcadstoco is, of course, granite, three leet and two in ches thick. It was procured and let tered a long timo ago in Connecticut. for tho gravo of Captain John Brown; but, as it did not suit his children, it was nover erected thoro, but remained till his son, who lies there, brought it to westport, ana there lelt it. Vhcn Mrs Brown was with her husband in Virginia prison, as I understand, he o.t pressed a wish to bo buried near his bouse at .North Elba, and havo this stone placed at his house. Although other inscriptions are upon it, still, oniy one oouy lies cere. Dlcro and thus as I have described. lies tbo body ot one who, by a sing! daring deed, shook the world as with the suddenness ot a thunderbolt. And here my thoughts naturally ran upon tho great events that this ono deed hastened, modified or produce!. have never been a follower of John Brown, but, standing bv his gravo and looking off and around, I can truly say how wonderlul I In this high region is tho rock that I have described. To appearance, for several miles each way trom this rock, tbe earth is compara tively levol, though undulating and beautifully diversified by lakes, streams and groves. All around beyond this distance tbe earth rises into hundreds of mountains and hills, rearing their summits into the heavens and forming an ontire circle. Among them you will find Mount Marcy tho highest in the (state also, Mount iiclntyre, Mount McMartin, Whiteface, and othors, ranking in tho first class. It does appear as though God had prepared this spot for some specific object. v as this rock placed here purposely as a monument lor the one who alone and silently lios at its base ? Was this mountain chain designedly reared to wall this spot around ? And lastly ; 'Pilgrim to what is caiieo, "tbe brine of John Brown, tho martyr" as you enter this circlo through dark and deep mountain passes, does your coo- cienco whisper: "Ibis is sacred ground?" Nearly overy day people from a distance visit this place. Boy Lore. One of tho queerest things to think of in aftor lifo is boy love. No sooner does a boy acquire a tolerablo stature than he begins to imagine himselt a man. and to aso manish -ways. Ho casts side gla.icej at all .the tall girls bo may meet, carries a cane, holds his bead erect and struts a little in his walk. Presently, and very eoon, ho falls in love, yes falls is tho proper word, because it indicates his happy, delirious self-abasemeut. He lives now in a fairy region, 'some-what collateral to the world, and yot blended somehow inextricably with it. Ho perfumes his hair with fragrant oils. scatters essences over his handkerchief and despairingly anoints for a beard. He quotes poetry in which "love and "dove," and "heart" and "dove," pecu liarly predominate, and be plunges deoper in tho delicious labyrinth, and tancios himselt mied with the divine afflatus, and suddenly breaks into a carlet rash ot rhymo. lie leeds upon the looks of his beloved ; is raised to the soventh heaven if she speaks a pleasant word: is betrayed into tbe most astonishing eostacies by a smile, and is plunged into the gloomiest re gions ol misanthropy by a trown. ne belioves himself tbe most do voted lover in tho world. There never will bo a more. Ho is tho great idolater! Ho dotes' upon a flower she has cast away. He cherishes her glovo a littlo worn in tho fingers next to his heart. Happy, happy, foolish boy love, with its jovb and its hopes and its fears; its nrrntrn- its ioaloUsiOS and its delights i its raptures and its torturos; its ecstatic nnrl tnrrihlo heart-burnings its solemn ludicrousncss, and intensely prosaic termination. " Doctor "Well, Madam, how's your husband today?" Wife "Why, Doctor, "he teems no better." 'Doctor "Did you get tho Ieochas ?" Wife "Yes, but ho only took three of them raw; I had to fry the rest!" A subscriber to a county paper of! Inner stanriimr. tvho hail never naid a dollar ot his subscription, told tho col lector not many moons ago, wiien called upon to foot his .little bill, that be had no funds; "he ony subscribed for tho thing in orJer'to'eaeourag the undcrukin '." -Sensible. At XBOjeiaJpty-jt&o qjher mq. VTaji: JLotiiifHpriili ercmr.g acartc .- with two oif tHrc"'newlyc -marrje diesmutual itneods,' tvoo- p.yi.t . rallied my friend oi. tho .seminary ;u spacting a "beau,'" "I havo none," she rcp)iaL "Honestly ?" asked onW "Yes, honestly, and lilo not wis", or intend to receive particular- attention from any gentleman until I !:-. a school." "Why not ?" I as'u-e 1 dennra'y. "I will toll vou." sho answere-J. 'tnrn- ! ing to me with great seriousness. "I think it diverts one s atteuunri lrom lessons, to be thinking of and writ ng to a special friend. The poorest scholars in school, each year, have l ee i those girls who were "engaged." Tl.oy wero all tho timo thinking and talkiiig of, and writing to theirgeutlemen, and as a consoqccnce their lemons v. cm never learned and they took very littlo interest in school excrci-cs. Of cnur.-e thay are minus of mash tbev ought to know. I cannot help thinking tna: girl needs a great deal of knuwloige, in order to read character correctly, o thai she may judge wisely in so important a matter as matrimony."-"Ah I I Knees she-is bppseei.to mar rying," laughed one. '"Not at all. I hope to have an excellent husband some day, and I want to know enough to'be an excellea wife, you see. Time" enough for me a year or two. henco. My education is the business in hand now. "Sonsible girl I School days aro in deed too precious, too important to"be tnuua U.NRJ. iu vaui luuugnia oi vsm men. rE. C. O. Stevens. The State O facers Elect of Ken tucky. From the Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth. John n. ileim, irovernor elect, was, during tho entire war of rebellion, nn undisguised vmpatihzer with tbo Confederates. Ho was more than once arrested by Sherman and Roussean, ana more than once engaged in open or covert schomes, which looked solely to tho benefit of the rebel Confederacy. Ho has not daring the long aud weary years of war breathed one patriotic aspiration for tho National triumph. joiin vt. stnenson, Lieutenant Gov ernor elect, has uniformly adh'erod to tho Calhoun school of politics. He has been a truo believer in the doctrine of States' Rights, in their broadest and most dangerous interpretation, and an undoviating adhoront of John C. Breckinridge. 11 is fealty to the lost cause is beyond question. John Hodman, Attornor General olect, raised a -regiment for sorvice in tho Confederate .army, and left Ken tucky with Bragg, in 1S62. We have not at hand the details of his military service ; but tt will not be denied that his heart and soul were in the Confederate cause D. Howard Smith, Auditor of State elect, -was Colonel of a regiment of Confederate cavalry, and served in tho robel army during the entire war. James Vt. late, Treasurer elect, was during tho entire war a partizan of the rebellion. The fact is known to every citizen of this place and needs no elab oration. Z. N. Smith, Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction elect, has always and notoriously ho!d kindly and hopeful views for the Southern Confederacy. James A. Dawson, .Register ot the State Land office elect, was for a brief space an acting Lieutenant in tbjUnion army. His entire term of Union military duty did not aggregate the number of days omployed iu the Into canvass. Mr. Dawson has been charge 1 with having expressed a regret that ho ever woro the blue. We hvoo never heard him use the expression in fact he has den. ed it; bat bis most acuve energies havo, fortwoycars, beo.i use! m leaguo with those whom Mr. Daw son know to bo unblushing traitors. We think we might sa'elv state that Mr. Dawson would have preferred fe fl ing the boutn succeed, to witnessing the incidental overthrow of slavery, in tho triumph of tbo nation. Tnc boys of Bethany, Harrison county, are also at the 'national game;' Say 8 tbe Tribune i Last baturday tbe boys met in tt.e vicinity of the Falls and organizol. Happening to stray along why.e they wero playing, we thought there was a chance to got a national reputation, so wo waded in. All went well lor awnue, nntil some of them got mad and others got their shins hurt, and the club ad journed to moet next ovening. At tho designated nour aatnraay u.ey assem bled again, and ptavod nearly an tt.e afternoon. We were on hand again and took a lofty part, as usual.- All wero delighted, aud not nntil the supper bells rang did tbo enthusiastic players abandon their fun. There is an old saying, howevor, that bitter follows sweot, and Sunday morn-ing ono might have Eeen tle'gay players of Saturday limping around like old broken down plow horses. Qnr own legs, long as they are, felt aboat aa stiff as dead hickory fence rails. A certain green customor, wh-j wa a stranger to mirrors, Ktepping into tie. cabin of one of our ocean Hteamcrs, stopped in front of a Jarge pier-glass which ho took for a door, and-seeing his own ro3cc'tion, he said: ' "I mister, when docs this .ere beat' leave t" Getting no answer from the dumb reflection beforo him, he again repeated:"I say, roistor, when does thig 'ero boat start?" Incensed at the, silent ifigare, he broke out : . '.'Go to thunder. iTe darned sassafras- colored, ' ihockheaded, etcex ,cajf . jrent don'tiook as if Yoa"khowednscTqv? . - - . - j -